I’m pulling for you. You shame me to admitting I prolly couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map. (In fact, I made myself google a map last night. )But … I always knew you were there all those many years. And, I’ve always cared.
I thought as a society in general we were done with the negative impacts of mental health labels. Remember the PTSD change to Post Traumatic Growth that happened a couple of years back? But there are places and people who are more comfortable with a pathological view of people's needs. This is my answer-- How convenient for them. That way "they" don't have to participate in taking on the job of learning about veterans or how the system is not helpful to them and is actually harmful, putting them at great risk. But do they also want to thank veterans for their service still? Although that is nice they actually should do much more. Imagine if every adult person in the country made it their job to really learn about veterans instead of sitting from afar and shaking their heads about how they need to be over medicated, locked up, or put in jail. I had always thought that the government systems that were created were primarily to blame for a lot of the issues veterans were having to work through. However, now I see that the lack of civilian courage and commitment is also to blame.
Remember 9/11? Well there was actually a small sliver of society that did something about it --they joined, they fought, and some died and others who came back struggled. While the rest of the country stood by. I have always tried to be generous and understanding about that. Not anymore. So civilans now not only want to not serve to match the level of veteran sacrifice but they want to label them ? Well now that is a special kind of addition to the moral injury load.
I’m pulling for you. You shame me to admitting I prolly couldn’t find Afghanistan on a map. (In fact, I made myself google a map last night. )But … I always knew you were there all those many years. And, I’ve always cared.
I thought as a society in general we were done with the negative impacts of mental health labels. Remember the PTSD change to Post Traumatic Growth that happened a couple of years back? But there are places and people who are more comfortable with a pathological view of people's needs. This is my answer-- How convenient for them. That way "they" don't have to participate in taking on the job of learning about veterans or how the system is not helpful to them and is actually harmful, putting them at great risk. But do they also want to thank veterans for their service still? Although that is nice they actually should do much more. Imagine if every adult person in the country made it their job to really learn about veterans instead of sitting from afar and shaking their heads about how they need to be over medicated, locked up, or put in jail. I had always thought that the government systems that were created were primarily to blame for a lot of the issues veterans were having to work through. However, now I see that the lack of civilian courage and commitment is also to blame.
Remember 9/11? Well there was actually a small sliver of society that did something about it --they joined, they fought, and some died and others who came back struggled. While the rest of the country stood by. I have always tried to be generous and understanding about that. Not anymore. So civilans now not only want to not serve to match the level of veteran sacrifice but they want to label them ? Well now that is a special kind of addition to the moral injury load.
And good luck, Will!!!